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Assistant Accountant\n\nPurpose of the position\nTo support the Receivables Accountant in managing the advertising and digital revenue cycle from order verification and invoicing through to cash collection and reporting ensuring that customer accounts are accurate, complete and up to date in SAP, and that receivables are collected on time to protect the Company’s cash flow.\n\nMain responsibilities\n1. Order verification and credit control\n\nVerify advertising and digital customer orders (bookings, LPOs, insertion orders) for completeness, approved rates, discounts and authorisation before adverts are published.\n\nConfirm the payment terms of each order cash, prepayment or credit and ensure credit is extended only to approve customers within their credit limits.\n\nReview new credit applications, gather supporting documents and make recommendations to the Receivables Accountant.\n\n2. Invoicing and customer accounts\n\nPrepare and issue accurate and timely invoices for all published adverts and digital campaigns, matched to verified orders and proof of publication.\n\nMaintain customer master data and individual customer accounts in SAP, ensuring all transactions are complete and correctly allocated.\n\nPrepare and send monthly statements of account to customers and agencies.\n\nProcess approved credit notes and adjustments, with proper supporting documentation.\n\n3. Cash collection and receipting\n\nFollow up with customers, agencies and sales executives on outstanding balances in line with agreed payment terms.\n\nEnsure all cash, cheque, bank and mobile money receipts are correctly posted and allocated to the right customer accounts in SAP.\n\nIdentify and follow up on unallocated or unidentified receipts until they are cleared.\n\nSupport the handover of long-overdue accounts to debt collectors where approved.\n\n4. Query resolution\n\nInvestigate and resolve customer queries and disputes on invoices, rates, publication and payments promptly, working with the Advertising and Digital sales teams.\n\nKeep a log of open queries and escalate unresolved issues to the Receivables Accountant.\n\n5. Accounting, reconciliations and reporting\n\nPost advertising and digital sales, receipts, credit notes and journals accurately in the SAP accounting system.\n\nPrepare and submit the daily sales report for advertising and digital revenue.\n\nPrepare the weekly debtors ageing analysis and collection status report.\n\nPerform monthly reconciliations of customer accounts, agency statements and the debtors control account to the general ledger.\n\nPrepare sales commission computations at the end of every month for sales executives and agencies, based on approved commission schemes and actual collections, and submit them to the Receivables Accountant for review and approval.\n\nCheck sales commission claims against approved schemes and collections before payment is processed.\n\nAssist in month-end closing, audit requests and preparation of supporting schedules.\n\n6. Other\n\nKeep proper filing of orders, invoices and supporting documents for audit purposes.\n\nPerform any other related duties assigned by the Receivables Accountant or Finance Management.\n\nMinimum qualifications & experience\nAcademic\n\nBachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field.\n\nProfessional\n\nCPA (T) or equivalent professional qualification (or substantial progress towards it).\n\nExperience\n\nMinimum of 2–3 years’ experience in accounts receivable, credit control or a similar accounting role, preferably in media, advertising or a service industry.\n\nSystems\n\nProven hands-on experience as an SAP user (FI / SD modules) is an added advantage. 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